Against abortion law: Hypocritical provisions hurt women

Passage of budget shows that legislators don't care about women or children

7:56 AM,
Jul. 12, 2013

Written by

JILL W.
BLEY

With five men surrounding Gov. Kasich, he signed a "budget" in which the Republican-controlled Legislature tacked on legislation that allows the state to be extremely intrusive into the bodies and minds of women seeking abortions. Their action trampled on the First Amendment freedom of speech by threatening to take away state funding if a rape-crisis advocate mentions abortion to a woman.

The "budget" requires a woman to have an ultrasound and to listen to the heartbeat if one is detected; de-funds Planned Parenthood for non-abortion-related family-planning money; and bars public ...